Cheap TatOneEyedMonster remindes us about the crap you can buy in pound shops: "Batteries that lasted about an hour and then died. A screwdriver with a loose handle so I couldn't turn the damn screw, and a tape measure which wasn't at all accurate."
Similarly, my neighbour bought a lawnmower from Argos that was so cheap the wheels didn't go round, it sort of skidded over the grass whilst gently back-combing it.
What's the cheapest, most useless crap you've bought?
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chthonic, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 7:26)
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Cheap PSUI needed one in a hurry and picked up a 650w one for about £25.
It came in a very fetching shade of blue and it matched my matt black case nicely.
I also bought a nice expensive Nvidia 6800 GT.
Power supply lasted about 3 weeks before detonating with a satisfying bang and taking out pretty much every peripheral on my PC apart from the never used floppy drive.
Saved about £30 quid from not buying a decent PSU and ended up destroying £400 worth of bits.
I think I cried.
(, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 10:26, 2 replies)
At least it made a nice satisfying bangThink how gutted you'd have been if it was just a sneaky fizzling and enough heat to still destroy everything but without you realising at first...
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Eh650W PSU? What were you trying to power - a hover craft?
Cheers
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 23:48,
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